The pasuk says שמח זבולן בצאתך ויששכר באהליך, rejoice, Zevulun, in your going out and Yissachar in your tents, referring to Zevulun’s role as the provider who supports Yissachar in Torah study.
R' Shalom Hedaya (1864–1945) offered a deeper interpretation: this pasuk alludes to Zevulun’s departure from this world (בצאתך). Even then, he can rejoice, knowing that his partnership with Yissachar ensures he shares in the Torah knowledge that Yissachar learned.
Background on R' Shalom Hedaya
R' Shalom Hedaya, originally from Aleppo, Syria, moved to Yerushalayim in 1904. He served as Rosh Yeshiva of the Beit El Yeshiva, Av Beis Din of the Sephardic Beis Din of Yerushalayim, and was a prolific author. Despite losing his father at the age of three, he rose to great spiritual heights. He married Sarah Labaton at age 20; they had 15 children, though sadly only six survived — four sons and two daughters.
In 1936, R' Hedaya became acquainted with R' Elchonon Wasserman and shared his Kabbalistic writings with him. From then on, the two began a steady correspondence on matters of Kabbalah.
Interestingly, in 1946, a year after R' Hedaya’s passing, he appeared in a dream to his son, R' Ovadia Hedaya (author of Yaskil Avdi). Among what R' Shalom related in the dream was that in heaven, people are not grouped by familial relationship, but by their deeds. People who are alike in their deeds are put together. Only when all souls are gathered together do they meet souls outside their group.
